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kopfrechner/gitlab-mr-mcp

Interact seamlessly with GitLab repositories to manage merge requests and issues. Fetch details, add comments, and streamline your code review process with ease.

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About kopfrechner/gitlab-mr-mcp

This open source JavaScript tool implements the Model Context Protocol for GitLab repositories. It allows AI assistants to retrieve merge request details, add comments, and manage issues directly from a GitLab instance. The MCP server standardizes how language models interact with GitLab operations.

Best for

Developers who want an AI assistant to automate GitLab merge request reviews and issue management.

Use cases

  • Fetch merge request diffs and descriptions for code review
  • Add comments to specific lines in a merge request
  • Create or update GitLab issues from an AI conversation

Notes

90 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-05-12. Licensed MIT.

Pros

  • Simplifies integrating GitLab workflows with AI coding assistants
  • Uses the MCP standard for broad compatibility with MCP clients
  • Lightweight JavaScript implementation, easy to inspect and modify

Cons

  • Limited to GitLab, not usable with GitHub or other platforms
  • Relatively low community adoption (90 stars) may mean slower updates
  • Requires an MCP-compatible client and a GitLab personal access token to function

Key facts

What we have checked

Days since the last commit
16
Checked GitHub
GitHub forks
30
Checked GitHub
GitHub stars
94
Checked GitHub
Days to a first reply on issues
14.3
Checked GitHub
Open issues
3
Checked GitHub
Releases in the last 90 days
0
Checked GitHub

Each value shows when we last confirmed it and where it came from. Values we have not confirmed are left out, never guessed.

How to use

How to set it up

As the listing publishes it. We have not run this install.

Install

npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install @kopfrechner/gitlab-mr-mcp --client claude --config '"{\"gitlabMrMcpToken\":\"YOUR_GITLAB_TOKEN\", \"gitlabMrMcpHost\": \"YOUR_GITLAB_HOST\"}"'

Tools exposed

  • get_projects
  • list_open_merge_requests
  • get_merge_request_details
  • get_merge_request_comments
  • add_merge_request_comment
  • add_merge_request_diff_comment
  • get_merge_request_diff
  • get_issue_details
  • set_merge_request_title
  • set_merge_request_description

Clients the listing names (not checked here)

Claude Desktop

Example client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gitlab-mr-mcp": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/gitlab-mr-mcp/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MR_MCP_GITLAB_TOKEN": "your_gitlab_token",
        "MR_MCP_GITLAB_HOST": "your_gitlab_host"
      }
    }
  }
}

Install

Add kopfrechner/gitlab-mr-mcp to your client

Not verified yet

No install recipe yet. We write one for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and ChatGPT when the server is in the official MCP registry with a package or remote address we can use.

Until then, follow the project's own README, or the setup the listing publishes under How to set it up.

Works with

What kopfrechner/gitlab-mr-mcp connects to

No confirmed connections yet. A product appears here when the server's registry name, repo, homepage or name ties it to that product, and a client appears when we have an install recipe for it.

Stars and usage

How kopfrechner/gitlab-mr-mcp is growing

GitHub stars

94 to 94

stars. 29 Oct 2026 to 12 Nov 2026, 3 readings.

Source: GitHub. Checked .

Health and security

Is kopfrechner/gitlab-mr-mcp looked after, and what do its setup files show

Health score

42 out of 100

Does someone look after this repository? It does not say the code is good or safe. Worked out from GitHub signals checked . How it is worked out

PartPointsWhat we saw
Recent activity30 of 30Last push 16 days ago
Releases0 of 150 releases in 90 days
Issue replies11.6 of 20First reply in 14.3 days (median)
Maintainer0 of 15Owned by a single user
Official source0 of 20Community server

Security check static checks

97 out of 100

Reads what is published about the server: package advisories, licence, secrets in the documented setup and tool permissions. Nothing is installed or run, so this is not a security assessment. Checked by edna-static-v1. What it checks

Licence: MIT

  • Low The documented install uses @smithery/cli, whose published metadata points at github.com/smithery-ai/cli, not this repository. Check it is the right package before installing.
  • Note No published npm or PyPI package of this repository was found, so package advisories were not checked.
  • Note Asks for MR_MCP_GITLAB_TOKEN through environment variables.
  • Note The lab has not recorded this server's tool list yet, so tool permissions were not checked.
Tool permissions (2)
  • MR_MCP_GITLAB_HOST, environment variable it asks for
  • MR_MCP_GITLAB_TOKEN, environment variable it asks for (a secret)

Sources

Where this comes from

  • GitHubRegistry

    Checked · Days since the last commit, GitHub forks, GitHub stars, Days to a first reply on issues, Open issues, Releases in the last 90 days

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Changelog

What changed

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